Riyad Mahrez has submitted a request to leave Leicester City this summer.

Mahrez, who won the 15-16 PFA Player of the Year award, was linked with Arsenal last summer after helping Leicester to a stunning Premier League title.

Leicester struggled for most of the 16-17 season.

In a statement published by Sky Sports, the 26-year-old wrote: "Out of the huge admiration and respect I hold for Leicester City Football Club, I wanted to be totally honest and transparent with them and have therefore informed the club that I feel now is the time for me to move on.

"I had a good discussion with the chairman last summer and we agreed at that time that I would stay for another year in order to help the club as best as I could following the transition of winning the title and in the Champions League.

"However, I am fiercely ambitious and feel that now is the time to move on to a new experience."